Fruit-jar



.(No Model.)

G. 0. SAWYER.

- FRUIT JAR.

No. 423,957. I Patented Mar. 25,1890.

Inventor.

To all whom it may concern:

GEORGE G. SAWYER, OF

FRUIT PATENT OFFICE.

CANTON, NElV' YORK.

-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,957, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed August 16, 1889. Serial No. 321,035. (No model.) Patented in Canada May 1, 1889, No. 31,222.

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. SAWYER, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Canton, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Fruit-Jars, of which the following is a specification.

Letters Patent No. 386,560, bearing date July 24, 1888, have been issued to me upon an improvement in fruit-jars embodying some of the features of this device. Letters Patent in Canada, No. 31,222, of date May 1, 1889, have been granted to me and to Robert M. Stocking, assignor of one-half, upon an improvement in fruit-j ars embodyingthe principal features of the device herein shown.

My invention relates to the combination of a revoluble locking-arm or fastener and a cover arranged in the mouth of the jar and provided with double semicircular inclines, and a jar with interior overhanging lips in its mouthat or near the top and a shoulder in the jar below the cover, whereof by means of a lateral movement of the locking-arm or fastener upon the inclines of the cover, the ends of the fastener passing under the lips and engaging against the same, the cover is forced down upon the shoulder of the jar and the same is sealed.

Reference being made to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of a jar having a cover secured therein by my improved device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the cover detached from the jar. Fig. t is a side view of the fastener detached.

Referring by letter to the drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, A represents the jar, having a mouth and neck larger than the body or containing portion of the jar, with an interior annular shoulder O at its lower end. Upon the inside of the jar, at or near its mouth and at diametricallybpposite points, two similar curvilinear lips E E are formed, projecting inwardly from the mouth of the jar and along the sides thereof, leaving the apertures F F between the same.

G represents the cover or lid of the jar, which may be made of glass or other material and is provided with a horizontal peripheral flange g. Upon the top of the cover and forming an integral portion of the same is the ring or vertical flange N, having opposite inclines H H, and in the'center of the cover and forming an integral portion of the same is the upright post J. An annular elastic cushion I is fitted around the cover below the flange g, and when the cover is in place the said cushion bears on the shoulder O, as shown in the drawings.

U represents a revoluble locking-arm provided with the bail or handle Z, carried by and capable of being raised and lowered through the same. In the center of said lock ing-arm is a circular opening or hole V, whereby the locking arm is mounted upon and around the post J and is capable of a lateral vertical movement around the same and upon the inclines H H. The ends of the locking arm are provided with T-heads W W, which are adapted to pass through the apertures F F and engage under the lips E E.

The operation of the device will now be ap parent. The cover is placed within the mouth of the jar and the locking-arm is turned so as to engage under the lips E E and slide upon the inclines H H. As will be seen, this forces the cover down, compresses the packing-cushion upon and against the shoulder G, and spreads itagainst the sides of the neck. Thus an air-tight joint is formed between the cover and the jar. The bail Z is adjusted to the locking-arm Uby its ends n n, passing through holes or circular openings in the locking-arm at the points y y, and is headed upon the ends to prevent withdrawing, and is adjusted with respect thereto. -When the jar is sealed by the locking-arm, the bail Z by a downward pressure upon the top a; is made to descend through the openings y y until the top a meets or locking-arm U plays and is retained in its place.

The elastic cushion herein described may be made of rubber, cork, or other elastic material.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of a jar having a mouth larger than the containing portion thereof, provided at or near the upper edge of said mouth with diametrically-opposite interior overhanging lips E E and an interior annular shoulder G, with the cover arranged in the mouth thereof bearing on said shoulder and having upon its upper side near its edge a perpendicular ring or flange N, with opposite inclines II II and in its center the post J, and the locking-arm U, provided with a bail Z, adjusted therein by means of the holes y y and capable of a limited vertical movement through the same, said arm adapted to revolve around the post J at its center and upon the inclines II II. of the cover and engage at either end under the lips E E, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the jar having the lips E E, the interior annular shoulder O, with the cover having the double inclined ring or flange N and the post J, and the lockingarm U, provided With the bail Z, adjusted in the locking-arm by means of the holes 3 y, capable of a limited up-and-down movement through the same, said arm adapted to revolve around the post J at its center and under the lips at either end, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. SAWYER.

Witnesses:

L. 0. SAWYER, (l. E. CHAMBERLAIN. 

